several weeks; a few weeks
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
as you see; as you can see
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
management; administration; operation
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
chief; main; principal; major
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
such; like that; that sort of; very
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans